M5.1 earthquake 65 km WSW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 65 km WSW of Atocha, Bolivia on Wed, Aug 7, 2024, 9:31 PM GMT-4 (01:31 UTC), 200 km (124 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-08-08 01:31:52 UTC
- Depth
- 200.0 km (124.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.201° S, 66.784° W
- Region
- Bolivia
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.056 · 31 stations |
| 5.2 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS, automatic first solution | First automatic solution · Confirmed |
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.3 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 43°
- Stations used
- 257
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.476 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 774 days ago · 205 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.4128 km ESE of Ollagüe, Chile · 773 days ago · 195 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.211 km NW of Atocha, Bolivia · 769 days ago · 268 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.496 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 754 days ago · 234 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.073 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 738 days ago · 202 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.374 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 738 days ago · 181 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.567 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 735 days ago · 194 km deep · 74 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000nirz (also filed as usauto6000nirz). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:33 PM UTC.